Using a sample of monthly observations of both a 12-category group and a 203-category group of personal consumption expenditures, we furnish evidence that relative price variability is positively related to both the inflation rate and inflation variability. The relation is robust to oil-price shocks. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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Sam Houston State Univ, Dept Econ & Int Business, Huntsville, TX 77341 USASam Houston State Univ, Dept Econ & Int Business, Huntsville, TX 77341 USA
Balderas, J. Ulyses
Nath, Hiranya K.
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Sam Houston State Univ, Dept Econ & Int Business, Huntsville, TX 77341 USASam Houston State Univ, Dept Econ & Int Business, Huntsville, TX 77341 USA
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Birla Inst Technol & Sci Pilani, Dept Management Studies, Dubai Campus, Dubai, U Arab EmiratesBirla Inst Technol & Sci Pilani, Dept Management Studies, Dubai Campus, Dubai, U Arab Emirates
Rather, Sartaj Rasool
Abosedra, Salah
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Libyan Int Med Univ, Sch Human & Social Sci, Benghazi, LibyaBirla Inst Technol & Sci Pilani, Dept Management Studies, Dubai Campus, Dubai, U Arab Emirates